Stresses and Faults

Stretching rock so it becomes thinner in the middle is what kind of stress?

• tension

• compression

• shearing

What type of stress squeezes the rock until it breaks?

• tension

• compression

• shearing

In which type of fault does the hanging wall slide up and over the footwall?

• strike-slip

• normal

• reverse

What fault has little up or down motion?

• strike-slip

• normal

• reverse

When the hanging wall slips downward below the footwall, what kind of fault is it?

• strike-slip

• normal

• reverse

What type of stress forms reverse faults? 

• tension

• compression

• shearing

A reverse fault would be found at what type of boundary?

• Compression

• Divergent

• Normal

• Convergent

The type of fault created from shear stress is

• reverse fault

• strike-slip fault

• normal fault

• Moho Fault

normal fault reverse fault left lateral strike-slip fault right lateral strike-slip fault

• normal fault

• reverse fault

• left lateral strike-slip fault

• right lateral strike-slip fault

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The block of rock that lies above a fault is called

• hanging wall

• foot wall